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Chapter 13 — The Toolbar | Selection Brush Tool 113
Selection Brush Tool
The selection brush enables you to selectively paint in or
paint out the enhancements found in the current step. You
can use the selection brush to selectively apply any
enhancement found within the Adjust or Filter menus, as
well as the color, black, neutral, and white control points.
A Please note: If you start painting a selection without an
enhancement active or in an empty new step, the selection
display will automatically be set to overlay mode. While in
overlay mode, the selection will be displayed as a semi-
transparent color superimposed on your image. After an
enhancement is selected from the Adjust or Filter menus, the
selection display will automatically revert to “None”, ensuring
that you see only the selected enhancement applied where you painted with the selection brush.
To use the selection brush, follow these steps:
1
Select an enhancement to be applied to your image
either from the Adjust or the Filter menus.
2
Click on the selection brush icon in the toolbar. Click on the (+) icon if you would like to apply the
current enhancement only to the area you will paint, or click on the (–) icon if you would like to
apply the current enhancement to the entire image, except for where you paint.
A Please note: If you first click on the (+) icon, the base selection slider in the selection section of the
current step in the Edit List palette will automatically move to 0% after the first paint stroke, enabling
you to add the enhancement only to where you paint. You may at any point adjust the base selection
slider and place it at a different value.
3
In the tool options bar, adjust the Size, Brush
Hardness, and Opacity of the brush.